Resolution

This is a known issue that affects ESXi 5.0.x. For more information, contact VMWare.

To work around this issue, manually create a CPUID mask for the affected virtual machines. To do this, follow these steps:

Turn off the virtual machine.

Right-click the virtual machine, and then click Edit Settings.

Click the Options tab.

Under Advanced, click CPUID Mask.

Click Advanced.

In the Register column, locate the edx register under Level 80000001.

In the Value field, enter the following character string exactly:

----:0---:----:----:----:----:----:----

Click OK two times.

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A developer tried to set a standard kernel breakpoint by using a kernel debugger that was not attached when the system was started. Standard breakpoints (bp) can be set only if the debugger is attached at startup. Processor breakpoints (ba) can be set at any time.

A hardware corruption occurred. For example, the kernel code or data might have been stored in memory that failed.